Questions

- In the following question the 1st and the last part of the sentence/passage are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the sentence/ passage is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentence/passage and find out which of the four combinations is correct.

1. A poor woman lost her only son.

P. He asked her to bring mustard seed from a house where no death had ever taken place.
Q. As Buddha wanted her to understand that death is inevitable.
R. She could not find such a house.
S. She came to Buddha to bring her son back to life.
6. The woman understood the message of Buddha.

In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best express the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

The wayfarer said to me, "Do you know the way to the Asiad village?"

Sea Guardian drones were obtained from which country?

 On 2 January 2018, Parliament Passed Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) amendment Bill, 2017. The Bill seeks to amend ______.

The headquarters of ‘Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific’ is located at

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

Necessity is the mother of invention

The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. These sentences, when properly sequenced form a coherent paragraph. Select the most logical order of sentences from among the options.

P: Superstitions mean an irrational belief in or notion of the ominous significance of a particular thing, circumstance, or the like.
Q: This is a universal phenomenon cutting across caste, communal, and even national boundaries.
R: All over the globe, people have superstitions, although the superstitions may vary from country to country or from region to region.
S: Nor does education drives away superstitions completely.

In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

I said to my father, "I want to build a raft which can hold four people ."